Good corporate governance is a strategic differentiator, particularly for small cap companies. However, unlike large cap companies that may have an abundance of resources to support more evolved governance structures, practices, and standards, small cap companies may lack those resources, and they may face additional challenges to their ability just to survive in the short-term...

Bank of America (BAC) Wednesday announced that 17 board of director nominees were elected during its 2020 annual meeting of stock holders...

Private equity firm Sycamore Partners may be looking to back out of its deal to buy a controlling stake in the Victoria's Secret lingerie brand...

March 19 (Reuters) - Starboard Value has nominated four directors to the board of e-commerce company eBay Inc EBAY.O, the activist investor said on Thursday...

U.S. activist fund Elliott ended its long resistance to software company CapGemini's CAPP.PA $4.1 billion friendly takeover of smaller rival Altran ALTT.PA on Wednesday...

According to Activist Insight, the majority of shareholder activist campaigns in 2019 were waged against companies with market capitalizations below $2 billion, and most of those overtures involved corporate governance issues...

(RTTNews) - State Street Corp. (STT) said that it has appointed Ronald O'Hanley, the company's chief executive officer, as chairman, effective January 1, 2020, following Jay Hooley's planned retirement...

HOLLISTON, Mass., Sept. 04, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Harvard Bioscience, Inc. (Nasdaq: HBIO) announced today that its Board of Directors has elected Alan Edrick to Harvard Bioscience's Board of Directors, effective September 3, 2019...

CHICAGO, Aug. 19, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FreightCar America, Inc. (NASDAQ:RAIL) announced today that Elizabeth Keller Arnold has been appointed to the Company's Board of Directors, effective August 16, 2019. The addition of Ms. Arnold brings the total number of directors to seven...

DALLAS, Aug. 09, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Builders FirstSource, Inc. (Nasdaq:BLDR) today announced the appointment of Janice Davis to its Board of Directors. Ms. Davis has held a number of senior leadership positions in the automotive, aerospace, and telecommunication industries...

IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 01, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lantronix, Inc. (the "Company") (NASDAQ:LTRX), a global provider of secure data access and management solutions for the industrial Internet of Things (IoT), today announced that technology executive Margie Evashenk is joining the board of directors as an independent director, expanding the Company's Board of Directors to seven members...

BOISE, Idaho, July 22, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- US Ecology, Inc. ("US Ecology" or the "Company") [Nasdaq-GS: ECOL] today announced that Melanie Steiner was appointed to the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board"), increasing the number of directors to nine, eight of whom are independent. Steiner was also appointed to the Board's Audit and Risk Committee...

ISELIN, N.J., June 24, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Provident Financial Services, Inc. (NYSE:PFS) (the "Company") today announced that Ursuline F. Foley has been named to the boards of directors of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiary, Provident Bank...

BOSTON, June 17, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ziopharm Oncology, Inc. ("Ziopharm" or "the Company") (Nasdaq:ZIOP), today announced Heidi Hagen, an experienced and entrepreneurial biotechnology operations executive, has been appointed to the Company's Board of Directors effective immediately...

WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. , June 13, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Members of the National Fuel Gas Company ("National Fuel" or the "Company") (NYSE:NFG) Board of Directors elected David H. Anderson as a new independent director. His term begins on June 13, 2019...

MAYNARD, Mass., June 03, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Acacia Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACIA), a leading provider of high-speed coherent optical interconnect products, today announced the appointment of Laurinda Pang to the Company's Board of Directors and the resignation of Eric Swanson from the Company's Board of Directors and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, all effective June 1, 2019...

HOUSTON, May 28, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Apache Corporation (NYSE, Nasdaq:APA) today announced the election of Juliet S. Ellis to its board of directors...

HERNDON, Va., May 24, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ManTech (Nasdaq:MANT) today announced that it has named Peter B. LaMontagne to its Board of Directors. An accomplished private equity executive with more than 20 years of experience leading technology companies that serve the U.S. government, Mr. LaMontagne brings knowledge and skills that complement ManTech's strategic goal of advancing the missions of national and homeland security...

ATLANTA, May 17, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BMC Stock Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:BMCH) ("BMC" or the "Company"), one of the leading providers of diversified building products, services and innovative solutions in the U.S. residential construction market, today announced the appointment of Cheemin Bo-Linn, EdD to the Company's Board of Directors, effective immediately.  With this appointment, the BMC Board expands to 11 directors...

FREMONT, Calif., May 13, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lam Research Corporation (Nasdaq:LRCX) today announced that Bethany Mayer and Leslie Varon have joined the company's board of directors effective as of May 9, 2019. These additions will expand Lam's board to 11 members. Mss. Mayer and Varon will join the board's audit committee...

EVANSTON, Ill., May 07, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aptinyx Inc. (Nasdaq:APTX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing transformative therapies for the treatment of brain and nervous system disorders, today announced the election of Henry O. Gosebruch to its board of directors, effective as of May 6, 2019...

As institutional investors pressure companies to increase diversity in the boardroom, boards of directors should understand that it can take years to achieve gender parity, but those efforts pay off...

PITTSBURGH, May 01, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- United States Steel Corporation (NYSE:X) today announced that John V. Faraci was elected to the company's Board of Directors at yesterday's Annual Meeting of Stockholders. His term as a Director became effective April 30, 2019...

LOS ANGELES, April 29, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Global Eagle Entertainment Inc. (Nasdaq:ENT) ("Global Eagle," the "Company" or "we"), a leading provider of media, content, connectivity and data analytics to markets across air, sea and land, today announced that Leslie Ferraro has been nominated for election to its Board of Directors at its 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on June 24, 2019 (the "Annual Meeting").